ONTARIO GENERAL ELECTION, 1977

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The 'Ontario general election of 1977' was held on June 9, 1977, to elect the 125 members of the Legislative Assembly (Members of Provincial Parliament, or "MPPs") of the Province of Ontario, Canada.
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Premier Bill Davis, was re-elected for a tenth consecutive term in office, again with a minority in the legislature. The PCs won an additional 7 seats, but were not able to win the majority that they sought.
The Liberal Party, led by Dr. Stuart Smith, lost one seat compared to its result in the previous election, but formed the official opposition because the NDP lost more seats.
The New Democratic Party, led by Stephen Lewis, lost five seats, and therefore lost the position of "official opposition" to the Liberals.
Also of note, Sheila Copps, future federal cabinet minister, would make her political debut in this election finishing second in the riding of Hamilton Centre.
This was also the first election in which Jim Bradley & Norm Sterling were elected. Both of which are the longest sering current MPP's in Ontario.

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Results
Constituency results
See also

Results


  Party Leader1975Elected% changePopular vote
%changeProgressive ConservativeBill Davis51'58'+13.7%39.7%+3.6% LiberalStuart Smith361'34' -2.9%31.5%-2.8% New DemocraticStephen Lewis38'33' -13.2%28.0%-0.9% CommunistWilliam Stewart----- LibertarianPaul Mollon-----Other---0.8%+0.1%
'Total Seats''125''125 '-100% 

1 Includes T. Patrick Reid, a Liberal MPP who is re-elected in 1977 as a Liberal-Labour candidate (he had previously been elected as Liberal-Labour in 1967 but was re-elected in 1971 and 1975 as a straight Liberal).
A number of unregistered parties also contested this election. The North American Labour Party, consisting of Lyndon Larouche supporters, ran three candidates in Toronto and three elsewhere in the province. The Revolutionary Marxist Group and League for Socialist Action fielded one candidate apiece; soon after the election, both groups merged into the Revolutionary Workers League.
Some members of the Social Credit Party also ran in the election, although it is not clear if they were formally endorsed by the party.

Constituency results


Algoma:

★ (x)Bud Wildman (NDP) 6917

Dave Liddle (PC) 5751

Gabriel Tremblay (L) 1534
Algoma—Manitoulin:

★ (x)John Lane (PC) 7381

Don Prescott (L) 3486

Tasso Christie (NDP) 2165
Armourdale:

Bruce McCaffrey (PC) 14082

Des Newman (L) 11649

Marlene Koehler (NDP) 6736

Bruce Evoy (Lbt) 280

David Wraggett 258
Beaches—Woodbine:

★ (x)Marion Bryden (NDP) 11491

Thomas Wardle (PC) 9217

Ernest Barr (L) 3579

George Leslie 203

Gerry Van Houten (Comm) 114

Shirley Yamada (Lbt) 103
Bellwoods:

★ (x)Ross McClellan (NDP) 6177

Millie Caccia (L) 3332

Maria Sgro (PC) 2925

Scarth Heap (Comm) 194

Grace-Ann Paulson (Lbt) 152

Ronald Rodgers 151
Brampton:

★ (x)Bill Davis (PC) 19641

John Deamer (NDP) 9897

Robert Callahan (L) 7948

John MacLennan (Comm) 216

Therese Faubert (Ind [LSA]) 86

Fred Haight (Ind [NALP]) 44
Brantford:

★ (x)Mac Makarchuk (NDP) 13376

Phil Gillies (PC) 9081

Arne Zabell (L) 6130
Brant—Oxford—Haldimand:

★ (x)Robert Nixon (L) 14256

A. Clare Huffman (PC) 5812

Jim Schneider (NDP) 4760
Brock:

★ (x)Bob Welch (PC) 11944

Marv Edwards (L) 5910

Robert Hoover (NDP) 5215
Burlington South:

★ (x)George Kerr (PC) 18892

John O’Boyle (L) 10474

Bill Brown (NDP) 7015

John Lawson (Lbt) 615
Cambridge:

★ (x)Monty Davidson (NDP) 11120

Bill Barlow (PC) 10566

Claudette Millar (L) 7870

John Long 252
Carleton:

★ (x)Sid Handleman (PC) 14847

Elieen Consiglio (L) 10241

Judy Wasylycia-Leis (NDP) 6837
Carleton East:

★ (x)Evelyn Gigantes (NDP) 12733

Darwin Kealey (PC) 12052

Ed Ryan (L) 11837
Carleton—Grenville:

Norman Sterling (PC) 14002

Paul Raina (L) 5493

Jack McLachlen (NDP) 3995
Chatham—Kent:

★ (x)Darcy McKeough (PC) 10769

Ron Franko (NDP) 6482

Darrell Gall (L) 5919
Cochrane North:

★ (x)René Brunelle (PC) 10412

Robert Fortin (NDP) 4047

Frank Levay (L) 2488
Cochrane South:

Alan Pope (PC) 12533

★ (x)Bill Ferrier (NDP) 10256

Kenneth Matthews (L) 1442

Clem Larochelle 219
Cornwall:

★ (x)George Samis (NDP) 9978

James Kirkey (PC) 9492

Allan Burn (L) 2089

James Rideout 94
Don Mills:

★ (x)Dennis Timbrell (PC) 17005

Steve Thomas (NDP) 8125

Andrew Meles (L) 4906

Michael Martin (Lbt) 772
Dovercourt:

★ (x)Tony Lupusella (NDP) 7340

George Nixon (PC) 4183

A. David MacDonald (L) 3162

William Stewart (Comm) 380

Maureen Cain (Lbt) 133
Downsview:

★ (x)Odoardo Di Santo (NDP) 10194

Sam Stabile (PC) 6152

Joe DeAngelis (L) 5814

Michael Little (Lbt) 251

Doreen Leitch (Ind [NALP]) 193
Dufferin—Simcoe:

★ (x)George McCague (PC) 15528

James Wales (L) 9480

Bill Fox (NDP) 6369

Reg Gervais (Ind [SC?]) 438
Durham East:

Sam Cureatz (PC) 12862

★ (x)Doug Moffatt (NDP) 12740

Joan Downey (L) 5121

Lloyd Leitch (Ind [NALP]) 153
Durham West:

George Ashe (PC) 12688

★ (x)Charles Godfrey (NDP) 12095

Joe Bugelli (L) 5075

Bill Leslie 865
Durham—York:

★ (x)Bill Newman (PC) 14134

Allan McPhail (NDP) 7000

Liz Catty (L) 6345
Eglinton:

★ (x)Roy McMurtry (PC) 19213

Sean McCann (L) 7471

Eileen Elmy (NDP) 4857

Linda Cain (Lbt) 382

John Stifel 315
Elgin:

★ (x)Ron McNeil (PC) 12655

Dave Cook (L) 9174

Colin Swan (NDP) 4654

William Triska 172
Erie:

★ (x)Ray Haggerty (L) 10008

Greg Parker (PC) 5833

Barrie MacLeod (NDP) 4704
Essex North:

★ (x)Richard Ruston (L) 9801

Dave Bradley (NDP) 4964

Marcel Desjardins (PC) 4383
Essex South:

★ (x)Remo Mancini (L) 11215

Frank Klees (PC) 7991

Dan Lauzon (NDP) 5340
Etobicoke:

★ (x)Ed Philip (NDP) 11637

Rosalyn McKenna (PC) 6789

Ben Bellantone (L) 6363

Richard Bostler (Lbt) 517
Fort William:

Mickey Hennessy (PC) 12230

★ (x)Iain Angus (NDP) 9974

Dick O’Donnell (L) 4080

Clifford Wahl (Comm) 142
Frontenac—Addington:

★ (x)J. Earl McEwen (L) 10505

Winston Cousins (PC) 9565

Bill Barnes (NDP) 3157

Ross Baker 312
Grey:

★ (x)Bob McKessock (L) 14651

Fred Taylor (PC) 7589

Walter Miller (NDP) 4210
Grey—Bruce:

★ (x)Eddie Sargent (L) 14828

Harvey Davis (PC) 9425

Bill Proud (NDP) 2477
Haldimand—Norfolk:

★ (x)Gordon Miller (L) 15496

Gordon McNern (PC) 11632

Norm Walpole (NDP) 4257
Halton—Burlington:

★ (x)Julian Reed (L) 13985

George Gray (PC) 10287

Bill Johnson (NDP) 5598
Hamilton Centre:

★ (x)Mike Davison (NDP) 8216

Sheila Copps Miller (L) 8202

Bill McCulloch (PC) 5092

Art Walling (Comm) 189
Hamilton East:

★ (x)Robert W. Mackenzie (NDP) 14461

Olga Varga (L) 9266

Fred Campbell (PC) 6605

Bob Jaggard (Comm) 376
Hamilton Mountain:

Brian Charlton (NDP) 12681

★ (x)John Smith (PC) 12308

Kris Channan (L) 7910

Mike Mizra (Comm) 247
Hamilton West:

★ (x)Stuart Smith (L) 12239

Maurice Carter (PC) 8379

Marjorie Baskin (NDP) 7668

Lucylle Boikoff (Ind [NALP]) 144
Hastings—Peterborough:

★ (x)Clarke Rollins (PC) 11442

Dave Hobson (L) 9584

Elmer Buchanan (NDP) 2808

Bill Hawthorne Jr. 247

Gary Beamish 149
High Park—Swansea:

★ (x)Ed Ziemba (NDP) 10409

Bill Boytchuk (PC) 9630

Ted Ives (L) 4897

Robert McKay (Lbt) 360

Christian Negre (Comm) 177
Humber:

★ (x)John MacBeth (PC) 19888

John Dods (L) 10572

Bob Curran (NDP) 7781

Sheldon Gold (Lbt) 399

Kris Hansen (Comm) 394
Huron—Bruce:

★ (x)Murray Gaunt (L) 17356

Sam MacGregor (PC) 7523

David Zyluk (NDP) 1754
Huron—Middlesex:

★ (x)Jack Riddell (L) 12749

Anson McKinley (PC) 8878

Shirley Weary (NDP) 1405
Kenora:

★ (x)Leo Bernier (PC) 10882

Bill Watkins (NDP) 5256

Rupert Ross (L) 2907
Kent—Elgin:

Jim McGuigan (L) 10038

Don Luckham (PC) 9397

Ed Cutler (NDP) 2521
Kingston and the Islands:

★ (x)Keith Norton (PC) 12246

Peter Watson (L) 6490

John Clements (NDP) 4510

Louise Andrews (Comm) 158
Kitchener:

★ (x)Jim Breithaupt (L) 14425

Sid McLennan (PC) 6910

Cam Conrad (NDP) 6264

Evelina Pan (Comm) 111
Kitchener—Wilmot:

★ (x)John Sweeney (L) 12450

Curtis Roth (PC) 6470

Jo Surich (NDP) 5456
Lake Nipigon:

★ (x)Jack Stokes (NDP) 7747

Al Charr (PC) 2417

John Lentowicz (L) 1397
Lambton:

★ (x)Lorne Henderson (PC) 11604

Fred McCormick (L) 8741

Cliff Swanstrom (NDP) 1702
Lanark:

★ (x)Douglas Wiseman (PC) 11086

Bev Greenslade (NDP) 4997

Craig Steenburgh (L) 3919
Lakeshore:

★ (x)Pat Lawlor (NDP) 13252

Al Kolyn (PC) 7957

Carl Weinsheimer (L) 4781

Gordon Flowers (Comm) 643
Leeds:

★ (x)James Auld (PC) 14853

John Carley (L) 3702

Jim Morrison (NDP) 3400
Lincoln:

★ (x)Ross Hall (L) 9969

Ron Southward (PC) 9387

Barbara Mersereau (NDP) 2806
London Centre:

★ (x)David Peterson (L) 12808

Frank Ross (PC) 8915

Stu Ross (NDP) 6279

Agnes Shaw 200
London North:

Ron Van Horne (L) 15033

★ (x)Marvin Shore (PC) 10631

David Cunningham (NDP) 6130

Greg Utas (Lbt) 201
London South:

Gord Walker (PC) 16011

★ (x)John Ferris (L) 13800

Tom Olien (NDP) 7964
Middlesex:

Robert G. Eaton (PC) 10247

Don Nisbet (L) 8889

Gordon Hill (NDP) 4998
Mississauga East:

★ (x)Bud Gregory (PC) 11945

Irene Robinson (L) 8456

Neil Davis (NDP) 5994
Mississauga North:

★ (x)Terry Jones(PC) 16151

David Busby (NDP) 12401

Al LaRochelle (L) 5684

Betty Cerar (Lbt) 380

Anna Sideris (Comm) 71
Mississauga South:

★ (x)Douglas Kennedy (PC) 13622

Mike Garvey (L) 7616

Ted Humphreys (NDP) 7196
Muskoka:

★ (x)Frank Miller (PC) 8865

Ken Cargill (NDP) 6368

Peggie Fitzpatrick (L) 2774
Niagara Falls:

★ {x)Vincent Kerrio (L) 13280

Guy Ungaro (PC) 9352

Peter Sobol (NDP) 7952
Nickel Belt:

★ (x)Floyd Laughren (NDP) 9410

Marty McAllister (PC) 3923

Paul Adam (L) 3046
Nipissing:

Mike Bolan (L) 12898

Merle Dickerson (PC) 11232

Dennis Arsenault (NDP) 5777
Northumberland:

★ (x)Russell Rowe (PC) 14061

Dennis Buckley (L) 10334

John Taylor (NDP) 4716
Oakville:

★ (x)James W. Snow (PC) 14456

Walt Elliot (L) 7948

Doug Black (NDP) 5955
Oakwood:

★ (x)Tony Grande (NDP) 9214

Fergy Brown (PC) 6379

Richard Meagher (L) 5046

Val Bjarnason (Comm) 229

Willis Cummins 170

Alex Eaglesham (Lbt) 153
Oriole:

★ (x)John Williams (PC) 14194

Luella Lumley (L) 9707

Fred Birket (NDP) 6737

Jim McMillan 929

Paul Miniato (Lbt) 282

Arthur Wright 180
Oshawa:

★ (x)Mike Breaugh (NDP) 12226

Jack Snedden (PC) 6512

Ivan Wallace (L) 4032

Russell Rak (Comm) 199
Ottawa Centre:

★ (x)Michael Cassidy (NDP) 10626

Brian Cameron (PC) 8223

Ian Kimmerly (L) 6358

Marvin Glass (Comm) 360
Ottawa East:

★ (x)Albert J. Roy (L) 15864

Gisele Lalonde (PC) 4055

Robert Choquette (NDP) 3605
Ottawa South:

★ (x)Claude Bennett (PC) 16662

Eileen Scotton (NDP) 8759

Patricia Thorpe (L) 7754

Michael Houlton 574
Ottawa West:

Reuben Baetz (PC) 15279

Bill Roberts (L) 9906

Marion Dewar (NDP) 8718
Oxford:

★ (x)Harry Parrott (PC) 17758

John MacDonald (L) 12657

Mike Casselman (NDP) 4420
Parkdale:

★ (x)Jan Dukszta (NDP) 7574

Stan Mamak (L) 5134

Lee Monaco (PC) 4116

Gareth Blythe (Comm) 343
Parry Sound:

★ (x)Lorne Maeck (PC) 9929

Ed Fisher (L) 7510

Ray Smith (NDP) 2553
Perth:

★ (x)Hugh Edighoffer (L) 18201

Vivian Jarvis (PC) 6056

Carson McLauchlan (NDP) 2167
Peterborough:

John Turner (PC) 16923

★ (x)Gill Sandeman (NDP) 14275

Peter Adams (L) 10083

John Hayes (Lbt) 341
Port Arthur:

★ (x)Jim Foulds (NDP) 9629

Allan Laakkonen (PC) 9290

Juha Siimes (L) 4818

Philip Harris (Comm) 254
Prescott and Russell:

★ (x)J. Albert Belanger (PC) 11863

Philibert Proulx (L) 8877

Joseph Cheff (NDP) 3597
Prince Edward—Lennox:

★ (x)James Taylor (PC) 11411

Mary Kaiser (L) 5759

Jan Nicol (NDP) 3494
Quinte:

★ (x)Hugh O’Neil (L) 17264

Don Williams (PC) 10009

Mike Maloney (NDP) 3371
Rainy River:

★ (x)T. Patrick Reid (L) 5335

Gordon Thomson (PC) 3268

Howard Hampton (NDP) 3019
Renfrew North:

★ (x)Sean Conway (L) 9549

Bob Cotnam (PC) 6817

Bob Cox (NDP) 4482
Renfrew South:

★ (x)Paul Yakabuski (PC) 12666

Dick Trainor (L) 11585

Harry Pattinson (NDP) 2952
Riverdale:

★ (x)Jim Renwick (NDP) 9639

Nola Sam Crewe (PC) 4289

Dennis Drainville (L) 2821

Gordon Massie (Comm) 214

Walter Balej (Lbt) 196

Barry Weisleder (Ind [RMG]) 117
St. Andrew—St. Patrick:

★ (x)Larry Grossman (PC) 11128

Barbara Beardsley (NDP) 8151

Edward Clarke (L) 2895

Anna Larson (Comm) 196

Vincent Miller (Lbt) 164
St. Catharines:
PartyCandidateVotes%+/- LiberalJim Bradley12,39238.89Progressive ConservativeEleanor Lancaster11,66936.62 New Democratic PartyFred Dickson7,55623.71 CommunistEric Blair2470.78
Total valid votes31,864100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots213
Turnout32,07760.91

St. David:

★ (x)Margaret Scrivener (PC) 11894

Gordon Cressy (NDP) 11058

Robert McClelland (L) 3794

Shane Parkhill (Comm) 202
St. George:

★ (x)Margaret Campbell (L) 10116

Frank Vasilkioti (PC) 9688

Lukin Robinson (NDP) 6287

Donald M. Campbell 975

David T. Anderson (Lbt) 342

Leonard Weir 152
Sarnia:

Paul Blundy (L) 11500

Andy Brandt (PC) 11243

Wallace Krawczyk (NDP) 6770
Sault Ste. Marie:

★ (x)John Rhodes (PC) 19209

Don Burgess (NDP) 11660

John Nelson (L) 3715

Arlene Bovingdon (Comm) 162
Scarborough Centre:

★ (x)Frank Drea (PC) 11583

Dave Gracey (NDP) 8874

Charles Beer (L) 5274

Robert Schultz (Lbt) 151

Peter Sideris (Comm) 87
Scarborough East:

★ (x)Margaret Birch (PC) 14792

Ann Marie Hill (NDP) 7268

Ron Myatt (L) 6508

John White (Lbt) 489
Scarborough—Ellesmere:

★ (x)David Warner (NDP) 10625

Spurge Near (PC) 9074

Ken Dimson (L) 6320

Mathias Blecker (Lbt) 201
Scarborough North:

★ (x)Thomas Leonard Wells (PC) 20988

Vera Brookes (L) 10303

Frank Lowery (NDP) 9868

Marilee Haylock (Lbt) 721
Scarborough West:

★ (x)Stephen Lewis (NDP) 13350

Kenneth Timney (PC) 6906

Bobby Orr (L) 3837

Paul Mollon (Lbt) 442

Richard Sanders (Ind [NALP]) 172
Simcoe Centre:

George Taylor (PC) 15876

Paul Wessenger (NDP) 10442

Jim Corneau (L) 9556
Simcoe East:

★ (x)Gordon E. Smith (PC) 13793

Roger Pretty (NDP) 10254

Elinor Bingham (L) 6783
Stormont—Dundas and Glengarry:

★ (x)Osie Villeneuve (PC) 10533

Johnny Whitteker (L) 8111

Joe O’Neill (NDP) 2788
Sudbury:

★ (x)Bud Germa (NDP) 11117

Peter Crossgrove (PC) 8485

Gaetan Doucet (L) 6778

Justin Legault (Comm) 330
Sudbury East:

★ (x)Elie Martel (NDP) 15991

Michael Hopkins (PC) 7001

Garrett Lacey (L) 5984
Timiskaming:

Ed Havrot (PC) 9578

★ (x)Bob Bain (NDP) 8914

Dan Casey (L) 1481
Victoria—Haliburton:

John Eakins (L) 15218

Jim Webster (PC) 10539

Fred McLaughlin (NDP) 5851
Waterloo North:

Herbert Epp (L) 13556

Bob Gramlow (PC) 8016

Mary Jane Mewhinney (NDP) 2809
Welland—Thorold:

★ (x)Mel Swart (NDP) 12704

Allan Pietz (PC) 10389

Keith Cameron (L) 4335
Wellington—Dufferin—Peel:

★ (x)Jack Johnson (PC) 14272

David Wright (L) 9631

Marion Chambers (NDP) 7235
Wellington South:

★ (x)Harry Worton (L) 16212

Carl Hamilton (NDP) 7886

Doug Auld (PC) 7667

Brian Seymour (Lbt) 163

Eric Blythe (Comm) 162
Wentworth:

★ (x)Ian Deans (NDP) 15332

Dave Brown (PC) 5506

Dennis Wilson (L) 4800
Wentworth North:

★ (x)Eric Cunningham (L) 18322

John Voortman (PC) 8464

Dennis Young (NDP) 7157
Wilson Heights:

David Rotenberg (PC) 11430

Howard Moscoe (NDP) 8437

Murray Markin (L) 7195

Webster Webb (Lbt) 174
Windsor—Riverside:

Dave Cooke (NDP) 12947

Michael MacDougall (L) 10572

Al Santing (PC) 4878
Windsor—Sandwich:

★ (x)Ted Bounsall (NDP) 9711

Carman McClelland (L) 6024

Randy Atkins (PC) 2838

Mike Longmoore (COmm) 334
Windsor—Walkerville:

★ (x)Bernard Newman (L) 11233

Ron Moro (PC) 4842

Len Wallace (NDP) 4565

Allan MacDonald 233

Nicola Veronico (Comm) 124

Joe Crouchman 103

Diane Donison 59
York Centre:

★ (x)Alf Stong (L) 17735

Bill Cocoran (PC) 14967

Chris Olsen (NDP) 6247
York East:

Robert Elgie (PC) 14131

Lois Cox (NDP) 8334

Mike Kenny (L) 7126

Chris Greenland (Ind [SC?]) 265

Maura O’Neill (Comm) 245

Paul Wakfer (Lbt) 144
York Mills:

★ (x)Bette Stephenson (PC) 21795

Wilfred Caplan (L) 9612

Allan Millard (NDP) 5051

Donald Gordon 465

Scott Bell (Lbt) 368
York North:

★ (x)Bill Hodgson (PC) 15639

Jim Wilson (L) 9660

Ian Scott (NDP) 7247
York South:

★ (x)Donald C. MacDonald (NDP) 14178

Austin Clarke (PC) 7666

Michael Kole (L) 5332

Mike Phillips (Comm) 526

Ken Korentayer (Lbt) 338
York West:

★ (x)Nick Leluk (PC) 16538

Pete Farrow (L) 10450

Ian Barrett (NDP) 8510

Ronald Vaughan (Lbt) 260
Yorkview:

★ (x)Fred Young (NDP) 14426

Paul Uguccioni (L) 6503

George Gemmell (PC) 4105

Dorlene Hewitt 488

Hersh Gelman (Lbt) 487

Roberto Moretton (Comm) 359

Helen Obadia (Ind [NALP]) 120

See also



Politics of Ontario

List of Ontario political parties

Premier of Ontario

Leader of the Opposition (Ontario)

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